# Code book for "Partisan Preferences for Antitrust Policy"
# Ryan Brutger and Amy Pond
# Last updated 3-7-2025

For those measures not discussed in detail in the paper and appendix.

Treatment indicators for Module 1:
CompSmall: Small Businesses Treatment
CompPrices: Prices Treatment
Punish: Punish Companies Treatment

Treatment indicators for Module 2:
F_Equality_Pro: Equal Chance Treatment
F_Equity_Pro: Hard Work Treatment  
F_Dem: Democracy Treatment
F_Equality_Con: Negative-Equality Treatment 
F_Equity_Con: Negative-Equity Treatment

Domestic2: Indicator for "domestic" language, "Antitrust laws are frequently enforced against large firms based in the United States"

Foreign2: Indicator for "foreign" language, "Antitrust laws are frequently enforced against large firms based in foreign countries."

Demographic Variables:
age: is based on the year the respondent was born

college: "1" if the respondent has a 2 or 4 yr degree or higher

dem: 1 if democrat
rep: 1 if republican
male: 1 if male

hh_income from 1 to 9: "What is your annual household income?"
1: $0 - $25,000
2: $25,001 - $50,000
3: $50,001 - $75,000
4: $75,001 - $100,000
5: $100,001 - $125,000
6: $125,001 - $150,000
7: $150,001 - $175,000
8: $175,001 - $200,000
9: $200,001+

party from 1 to 4
1: democrat
2: republican
3: independent
4: no preference

gender:
1: male
2: female
3: other
4: non-binary

race:
1: Wite/Caucasian
2: African American
3: Hispanic
4: Asian
5: Native American
6: Pacific Islander
7: Other

Political knowledge questions:

Who is the prime minister of Great Britain?

pol_knwldge_brit: Who is the prime minister of Great Britain? (correct answer is Boris Johnson)
1: Tony Abbott
2: Theresa May
3: Boris Johnson
4: Angela Merkel 

pol_knwldge_hous: How long is the term of office for a representative in the U.S. House of Representatives? (correct answer is 2 years)
1: 2 years
2: 4 years
3: 6 years
4: 8 years

Tech: Indicator for free responses that mentioned tech companies (see Appendix section A.4 for details)


